-- Liverpool psych-rock weirdos Clinic now have their own festival. The band will curate and headline all three nights of the Mass Freakout festival, which will come to the Kazimier club in their hometown October 8-10. SSS, Hot Club de Paris, the International, and other Liverpool bands will also play.

-- On October 13, Hometapes will release Beast Rest Forth Mouth, the sophomore album from the elusively krautrocky Brooklyn band Bear in Heaven. Hear the track "Lovesick Teenagers" here.

-- Still more heady psych-rock will enter the world on October 19. That's when Kranky will release New Clouds, the new LP from Portland-based freak Adam Forkner, aka White Rainbow. Hear an excerpt from the track "Tuesday Rollers and Strollers" here.

-- The Decibel Festival, a multi-venue electronic music conference, will take over a number of Seattle venues September 24-27. DJ /rupture, Nosaj Thing, Mad Professor, Benga, Truckasauras, Martyn, Alter Ego, the Wighnomy Brothers, Daedalus, Mountains, and Benoit Pioulard will play showcases around town, and there will be film screenings, panels, and lectures at the Seattle Art Museum.